Looks like you can still see these beautiful creatures after all Have you ever wanted to see a giant lizard? The Komodo Island has been a famous island in Indonesia ever since it was opened for tourists. This island is home to the…
Will we be able to use them for limb regeneration? From Bill Cipher’s last words (Gravity falls reference)to this adorable GIF on the side, axolotls have been very frequent in pop culture recently, yet not a lot of people are familiar with the…
A Dog’s Journey is a truly emotional movie. It is the sequel to the extremely successful movie A Dog’s Purpose. The movie’s basic idea is a dog that lives more than one life. He lives for about ten years until one day, he…
What is the competition about? The Roald Dahl competition was an event that took place between Year 7 and Year 8, where students had to create either a new ‘Roald Dahl-type’ character with a description or a fact file about an existing Roald…
What is the Go Green challenge? The Go Green Challenge is an event that takes place over the course of five days. Some of the student responsibilities that are highlighted during Go Green week include caring for the playground, collecting recycled material, and…
You had always been different, right from the start. All the other girls were tanned and flawless, with round eyes and full lips and freckled noses. You preferred to keep your head low, thoughts confined to only your mind, long sleeves and hooded…
Do you enjoy sad books or do you enjoy funny books? Regardless of what type of books you enjoy, you will enjoy ‘A Series Of Unfortunate Events’ (ASOUE) by Lemony Snicket. Other than having a great storyline and a wild sense of…
The Student Leadership Team NES is proud of the impact Sixth Form students make in and around the school community. Each year, the New English School appoints a Head Boy and Head Girl, Deputy Head Boy and girl, supported by a team…
The MUN Opening Ceremony was on the 22nd of September and had over 140 delegate attendees; the experience was grand. Every year, the opening ceremony is an integral part of the programme that introduces the trainers and executives to the newly-joined MUN delegates.…
‘Schools Kill Creativity’ by Sir Ken Robinson Original Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY In this TED talk, Ken Robinson argues that schools are only teaching curriculums, not creativity- which is what he believes schools should be focusing on. He starts off by talking about…
“West Tsukishiwa station, disembark for west Tsukishiwa station.” The platform was fuller than usual. From Akane’s vision at six feet, he could see most of the crowd around him. The floodlights let intense shadows fall across the ceiling and the figures that passed.…
Memorising Pi Competition 2019 During the week of the 1oth of March to the 14th, the school hosted a memorising Pi competition where participants had to memorise as many digits of Pi as possible. The final showdown was held on Pi day…
Librarian question and answers This year, NES welcomed a new librarian! Below is a short interview with Ms Pritchard, who came from Scotland and taught English to kids ranging from infants to 5 year olds. So here’s the Q&A!: -What inspired you…
February's club of the month is... (drum roll) The horse riding club! For a CCA that has been recently introduced, horse riding boasts an impressive attendance, both last year and this year. There are always few or no vacancies in this…
TED is a media organisation that posts educational, inspirational and informative videos, usually in the form of brief, powerful talks online for free and follows the slogan "ideas worth spreading”. TED stands for ‘Technology, Entertainment, and Design’- and their talks cover a plethora…
